2751: Which of the following are the methods of Parliamentary control over public finance in India?

1. Placing Annual Financial Statement before the Parliament

2. Withdrawal of moneys from Consolidated Fund of India only after passing the Appropriation Bill

3. Provisions of supplementary grants and vote-on-account

4. A periodic or at least a mid-year review of programme of the Government against macroeconomic forecasts and expenditure by a Parliamentary Budget Office

5. Introducing Finance Bill in the Parliament

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
2752: Rennin and lactase, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of

(a) two

(b) three

(c) five

(d) eight
2753: An ad valorem duty is a tax on the basis of:

(a) The price of a commodity

(b) The value added

(c) The advertisement expenditure

(d) The unit of the commodity
2754: The phenomenon of mirage is due to:

(a) Increased absorption of light by air at higher temperature

(b) Change in the refractive index of air with the change in temperature

(c) Total internal reflection

(d) Decreased absorption of light by air at higher temperature
2755: Consider the following statements:

The objectives of the National Renewal Funds set up in February 1992 were

1. to give training and counselling for workers affected by retrenchment or VRS.
2. redeployment of workers

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only